Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Glacier National Park – Part 2

July 15th was the beginning of GREAT weather in Glacier. The most popular hike in Glacier is the hike from the Logan Pass Visitor Center to Hidden Lakes Overlook. It is a nearly guaranteed place to see Mountain Goats. Unfortunately, is is so popular that there are times when the parking lot is closed due to it being full. When we were here in 1999 we were unable to get in to the lot to do this hike so we made it our first priority.

The Logan Pass visitor Center and the beginning of the trail

Scenery along the trail

How difficult the hike is depends on how much snow there is and the condition of the snow.

One of the many Mountain Goats along the trail

The view at our lunch stop

Looking the other direction at lunch.

Family portrait

My favorite Mountain Goat photo

More great scenery on the walk back to the truck

As you can see this is a truly spectacular hike. We also saw marmots, and a Big Horn Sheep while on the hike.

Bird Note: We saw several Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches while on the hike. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to get any good photos. This url will take you to a picture I found on Flickr of a Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch . These birds are only found near retreating ice fields; the last time we saw them was at Tioga Pass just outside Yosemite about 7 years ago.

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About Us

We are Grant and Kathy Webb, welcome to our website! With careful planning we retired in our mid-50s on January 1, 2008 so, that we could explore the parks, monuments and wildlife refuges of North America. This blog is intended to keep family, friends and anyone else interested up to date with where we are and what we are doing. This will not be a daily diary; we will update as time and Internet connections permit.
Our hobbies are bird watching and astronomy so, if you know of a great birding spot or dark sky site in an area we are visiting please let us know.